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We must defend civil rights... even for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
After a day-long manhunt, and the lock-down of a major American city, the second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing was finally taken into custody on Friday. A Watertown resident tipped police after noticing blood on a boat in his backyard, and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found hiding out inside. Authorities report that he was severely wounded before agreeing to surrender.
According to the New York Times, a federal law enforcement official stated that the FBI is invoking a “public safety exception,” which allows them to delay reading the suspect his Miranda rights. The Supreme Court ruled in 1984 that the FBI has a “narrow” right to delay mirandizing a suspect in “exceptional cases,” where the FBI believes there to be an imminent threat to public safety.
However, this exception is only temporary, and the FBI must read a suspect their rights once it becomes clear no additional threats exist. Information obtained by questioning the suspect during this “exception” period may not be considered as evidence during a future trial.
This legal loophole is a concern for many civil rights advocates, even when the suspect in question is a potential terrorist. Yet, some in our media and political arena aren't concerned with civil rights, and are calling for Tsarnaev to be held as an enemy combatant, and taken to Guantanamo Bay. But we must not circumvent our justice system simply because of the horrific nature of these crimes.
When we deny one individual their civil rights – no matter how evil we may believe them to be – we chip away at the civil liberties that protect all of us. We must defend these rights at all costs....even when it means defending the rights of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 9pm... Should you freak out about CISPA? (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
In for Thom tonight, please welcome progressive writer Sam Sacks
Need to Know: Should you freak out about CISPA?- Jeramie D. Scott, Electronic Privacy Information Center (E.P.I.C.) 
The Best of the Rest...
Daily Take: Climate Catastrophe...closer than we think
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Friday's Daily Stack 
Hour One: If it's Friday, it's "Brunch With Bernie"... the honorable Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) joins Thom with all the news from our nation's capitol and as always he'll be spending the hour taking your calls and answering your questions too... Follow Bernie:    campaign site.
Hour Two: latest from Boston...
- Dan McDuffie, Resident-Somerville, MA (5 miles from Watertown) / former news reporter.
Speech: " A Rendezvous With Destiny", 27 June 1936 acceptance speech by Franklin D. Roosevelt. " An old English judge once said: "Necessitous men are not free men.""
Hour Three: Latest from Boston...- Barry Nolan, Former Newscaster-WBZ TV (Boston) / Professor of Journalism-Boston University
Bible: " Galatians 5:22-23". " But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control..." Bible: " Matthew 22:37-40". " Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart..."" Bible: " James 1:17-25". " Every good and perfect gift is from above..." Bible: " Isaiah 1:17". " Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed..." Bible: " Job 29:12-17". " because I delivered the poor who cried for help..."
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Monday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
Earth Day 2013
Hour Two: GOP Social Security Cuts/Gun Control Vote..."not what we voted for"- Van Jones, Rebuild The Dream
Hour Three: While all eyes were on Boston...what happened at West, TX fertilizer plant?- Arturuo Garcia, Raw Story
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Tuesday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
Boy Scouts may admit gay scouts but not gay scout leaders...?
NY State considers raising the smoking age to 21...how about nationwide?
Plus, the best of the rest of the news and your calls with Dr. Mike Newcomb of The Mike Newcomb Show on 1480AM KPHX, Phoenix, AZ. |
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Thom's Poll
Should Dzhokhar Tsarnaev be treated as an enemy combatant?
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Watch & Listen to Thom
National Security Panel: P1 - Can we "solve" terrorism?
National Security Panel, Part2
Rumble: Texas explosion - Is this what your libertarian paradise looks like!?
Rumble: Why is the NRA blocking taggants in gunpowder explosives?
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Full Show 4/19/13: The Bigger Picture: National Security
Tonight's "Big Picture Rumble" panel discusses the latest from the Boston Marathon Bombing, the disturbing defeat of the Manchin-Toomey gun control bill and why tar sands oil isn't taxed like regular oil. In tonight's "Bigger Picture" discussion Thom talks with a panel of experts about the state of our national security.
Thom Hartmann on the News: April 19, 2013
Caller: The Government is Out to get Us!
Boston on Lockdown
Nardyne
Barry Nolan: The Hunt for the Boston Bomber
Brunch With Bernie: April 19, 2013
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